Endless Ocean 2 with WiiSpeak for Cheap

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Blue World ships with WiiSpeak for a bargain price -- while supplies last.

By Matt Casamassina

Did you like the original Endless Ocean? We did. We scored Nintendo's sea explorer an 8.0 when it debuted two years ago and called it very simplistic and untraditional but also "surprisingly compelling." Now, the sequel is coming complete with new areas to explore, updated underwater tools, new aquatic lifeforms, and much more, but the biggest improvement is tethered to the two-player cooperative online mode, which now includes full WiiSpeak support.

Blue World ships stateside in less than a month -- February 22, to be precise -- and you'll be able to pick it up for a bargain bin price. The game retails for only $29.99 -- same as its predecessor. But while supplies last at participating retailers like GameStop and Amazon, it'll come bundled with WiiSpeak so you can communicate with your friend while the two of you explore virtual sea caves at night. (You know you want to.)

The deal is even more impressive when contrasted against the fact that Nintendo charged an extra $20 for the WiiSpeak-bundled version of Animal Crossing: City Folk -- the game retailed for $69.99 versus $49.99 -- when it debuted.

Nintendo has all but ignored the WiiSpeak accessory since it released it two years ago: Endless Ocean 2 is only the second first-party retail game to support the device in the US.